The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress; my worthy benefactress (pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family... The Pamphleteer - Página 396editado por - 1815Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Henry Giles Kingston, Charles Rathbone Low - 1890 - 548 páginas
...stranger, telling him that he might sleep in safety, she called her women around her, and desired them to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves the greater part of the night, lightening their labours by songs, some of which had reference to their... | |
| 1891 - 902 páginas
...make it echo with their rustic songs." Park says of the Bambarran — " they lightened their labors by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it." " In some parts of Africa nothing is done except to the sound of music." " They are very expert in... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 504 páginas
...make it echo with their rustic songs." Park says of the Bambarran — " they lightened their labours by songs, one of which was composed extempore ; for I was myself the subject of it." "In some parts of Africa nothing is done except to the sound of music." " They are very expert in adapting... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 452 páginas
...apprehension — called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves a great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore,... | |
| Otto Jespersen - 1894 - 396 páginas
...field make it echo with their rustic songs." Park says of the Bambarran : "They lightened their labours by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it ". In some parts of Africa nothing is done except to the sound of music. They arc very expert in adapting... | |
| T. Banks Maclachlan - 1898 - 186 páginas
...apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton...themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 596 páginas
...apprehension — called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing upon me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves a great part of the night. They lightened their labor by songs — one of which was composed extempore,... | |
| Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - 302 páginas
...apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton,...themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 páginas
...apprehension — called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing upon me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves a great part of the night. They lightened their labor by songs — one of which was composed extempore,... | |
| Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 páginas
...apprehension — cailed to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton,...themselves great part of the night. They lightened their labour by songs, one of which, was composed extempore, for I was myself the subject of it. It was sung... | |
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